The Texans surprisingly parted ways with quarterbacks coach Jerrod Johnson last week, but Johnson wasn’t out of work for long.
Johnson is joining the Eagles’ coaching staff, according to Mike Garafolo of NFL Network.
It’s still unclear why Johnson departed Houston, and why during the Scouting Combine, which is a rare time for a coach and a team to part ways.
Johnson will join an Eagles offensive coaching staff that head coach Nick Sirianni has shaken up this offseason, firing former offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo and replacing him with Sean Mannion.
If another team wants to make a trade offer for a player on the Eagles, General Manager Howie Roseman will always listen.
Roseman explained on PFT Live that his philosophy is it’s always worthwhile to hear what offers another team is willing to make. Asked if he would hang up if another team’s GM calls to make a trade offer for A.J. Brown, Roseman answered, “I would never do that about anything.”
“Part of our job as a general manager in the National Football League is to listen,” Roseman said. “To listen to what people are willing to do. If you don’t listen you may lose an opportunity to do something. so I don’t want to not listen to anyone calling me on anything because there may be something I say yes to that I wasn’t prepared to say yes to. And if I sit there and someone calls me on anyone and I say I’m not even going to listen, I don’t know what they’re going to offer. And my job is to make the team better. My job is to take 53 guys, build and develop a team that can compete and eventually win a championship. How do you do that? You have to make a lot of decisions to do that. So in the course of that, if there are opportunities that come up that you weren’t prepared for, and you just say, I had this plan and I’m stuck on this plan, I can’t deviate from that plan, I don’t know in my opinion if that’s the best way to run the Philadelphia Eagles.”
For Roseman, there’s no cost to answering the phone, and it can also be good for future planning to learn how highly other teams value his players. Even if a GM has no intention of trading a player, listening to other teams’ trade offers for that player gives the GM an idea of how money other teams would offer that player — and how much the Eagles would need to pay to keep that player — when he hits free agency.
So Roseman will always take the call. About Brown, or about anyone else on the Eagles’ roster.
The Eagles made it clear this week that they’ll listen to offers for receiver A.J. Brown. Whether they’ll accept one remains to be seen.
Jeff McLane of the Philadelphia Inquirer believes, based on “sources close to several Eagles,” that a decision will be made sooner than later.
With the negotiation period for free agents opening on March 9, the Eagles presumably would want to move quickly to replace Brown, if they’ll be trading him. Still, they won’t do the deal unless they get what they want.
One thing they may want is an agreement to delay the trade until after June 1. That’s when the cap consequences arising from a trade would be split over two years, instead of being fully absorbed in 2026.
The price for Brown isn’t known. McLane suggests that, at a minimum, the Eagles would want a second-round pick. If multiple teams compete for Brown, the Eagles could get more.
Teams to watch include the Patriots, Bills, Ravens, and Chargers.
They’ve done a good job of being coy about their plans. But it’s obvious that he’s available, for the right proposal. Whether they get an offer they’ll accept remains to be seen.
Teams making decisions about picking up the fifth-year options on the contracts of their 2023 first-round picks now know how much that will cost.
The NFL revealed the values on Friday afternoon. There are four levels of compensation at each position. Players who have made multiple Pro Bowls as an original selection are at the top followed by players with one Pro Bowl selection and players who have hit playing time milestones before reaching the lowest level.
Panthers quarterback Bryce Young and Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud were the first two picks of that draft and both of them reached the playing time level of compensation. That will leave them with fully guaranteed salaries of $25.904 million if the teams decide to exercise the options, but longer-term extensions are also a possibility now that they have finished their third seasons.
The full list of 2023 first-rounders — there were 31 that year because the Dolphins were stripped of their pick — and their fifth-year option salaries appears below:
1. Panthers QB Bryce Young — $25.904 million (playing time).
2. Texans QB C.J. Stroud — $25.904 million (playing time).
3. Texans DE Will Anderson — $21.512 (Pro Bowl).
4. Colts QB Anthony Richardson — $22.483 million (base).
5. Seahawks CB Devon Witherspoon — $21.161 million (multiple Pro Bowls).
6. Cardinals OT Paris Johnson — $19.072 million (playing time).
7. Raiders DE Tyree Wilson — $14.475 million (base).
8. Falcons RB Bijan Robinson — $11.323 million (Pro Bowl).
9. Eagles DT Jalen Carter — $27.127 million (multiple Pro Bowls).
10. Bears OT Darnell Wright — $19.072 million (playing time).
11. Titans OG Peter Skoronski — $19.072 million (playing time).
12. Lions RB Jahmyr Gibbs — $14.293 million (multiple Pro Bowls).
13. Packers DE Lukas Van Ness — $14.475 million (base).
14. Steelers OT Broderick Jones — $19.072 million (playing time).
15. Jets DE Will McDonald — $14.475 million (base).
16. Rams CB Emmanuel Forbes — $12.633 million (base).
17. Patriots CB Christian Gonzalez — $18.119 million (Pro Bowl).
18. Lions LB Jack Campbell — $21.925 million (Pro Bowl).
19. Buccaneers DT Calijah Kancey — $15.451 (playing time).
20. Seahawks WR Jaxon Smith-Njigba — $23.852 million (Pro Bowl).
21. Chargers WR Quentin Johnston — $18 million (playing time).
22. Ravens WR Zay Flowers — $27.298 million (multiple Pro Bowls).
23. Vikings WR Jordan Addison — $18 million (playing time).
24. Giants CB Deonte Banks — $12.633 million (base).
25. Bills TE Dalton Kincaid — $8.162 million (base).
26. Jets DT Mazi Smith — $13.391 million (base) Smith was traded to the Jets by the Cowboys.
27. Jaguars OT Anton Harrison — $19.072 million (playing time).
28. Bengals DE Myles Murphy — $14.475 million (base).
29. Saints DT Bryan Bresee — $13.391 million (base).
30. Eagles LB Nolan Smith — $13.752 million (base).
31. Chiefs Felix Anudike-Uzomah — $14.475 million (base).
Another week, another key member of the Eagles’ offensive line decides to return for at least another season.
Via Mike Garafolo of NFL Network, guard Landon Dickerson posted on social media images making clear his intention to play in 2026.
Veteran tackle Lane Johnson did the same thing on February 19, after acknowledging that he considered retirement.
Dickerson’s retirement would have been a stunner. He has played only five NFL seasons.
A second-round pick in 2021, Dickerson is signed through 2028. Retirement would have exposed him to the potential forfeiture of more than $12 million in previously-paid signing bonus money.
